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ate one's terms

ate one's terms is the simple past of eat one's terms.

Meaning of eat one's terms

Verb

eat one's terms (third-person singular simple present eats one's terms, present participle eating one's terms, simple past ate one's terms, past participle eaten one's terms)

  1. (archaic) To study for the bar, in order to practise law.

Questions about ate one's terms

What is ate one's terms the simple past of?
Ate one's terms is the simple past of eat one's terms.

Words near ate one's terms in the dictionary

  1. ate one's heart out
  2. ate one's own
  3. ate one's own dog food
  4. ate one's pride
  5. ate one's seed corn
  6. ate one's terms
  7. ate one's Wheaties
  8. ate one's words
  9. ate one's young
  10. ate out
  11. ate out of someone's hand

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